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Sustainability Steps
Last September , the presidents of Harvard and Stanford, Drew Faust and John L. Hennessy, wrote a joint op-ed in the Huffington Post that outlined “What Universities Can Do About Climate Change.” Highlighting their institutions’ “wealth of intellectual …
Issue: January-February 2015
Allende, Bloomberg, Bush, and Stiglitz: The Honorands
During the Morning Exercises of the 363rd Commencement, on May 29, Harvard planned to confer honorary degrees on five men and three women—among them a preeminent art historian; a Nobel laureate in economics; an acclaimed popular singer; a former United …
Mysteries
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office The new spirit house at Adams House Darting a glance at the structure at right, avian visitors to Randolph Courtyard at Harvard’s Adams House might tweet with delight that so impressive an edifice had been …
Issue: March-April 2011
Examining Economic Webs
“ There was a longish period in the 1990s and the early part of this century when economic history was very much out of fashion, at least in history departments,” says Knowles professor of history Emma Rothschild . She has played a role in the recent …
Issue: November-December 2014
Harvard Changes Employee Health Benefits
The University announced today that under its health-benefits program, Harvard’s nonunionized employees would become responsible for annual deductibles of $250 per individual and $750 per family, and coinsurance equal to 10 percent of costs, for hospital …
Jete Propelled
Heather Watts says that she prepared for teaching her Harvard course, “George Balanchine: Ballet Master,” the same way she used to prepare for a performance at the New York City Ballet (NYCB). “At 11 a.m., I would go to the Dance Center, get my students’ …
Issue: May-June 2007
Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals (HPT) presented its 2022 Woman and Man of the Year awards to Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman on February 3 and February 5: the former a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award-winning film and television actress, …
Cryptic Puzzle: “To Russia With Love”
SOLVE THE most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. Download the Puzzle Download the Hints Download the Solution "To Russia" solvers (The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were received, the others alphabetically) Cathy …
Cryptic Puzzle: "Song"
Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52. Download the Puzzle Download the hints Download the solution "Song" solvers (The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were received, the others alphabetically) Cathy Childs …
Picture-book Publisher
Children’s book publisher Claudia Z. Bedrick ’85 knows the value of childhood memories. “There’s an intimacy we have with the books we fall in love with as young readers,” she says, and as head of Enchanted Lion Books, she has devoted herself to bringing …
Issue: January-February 2014
Cryptic Puzzle: “Bookman”
Download the puzzle Download the hints Download the solutions “Bookman” solvers (The first ten are listed in the order their solutions were received, the others alphabetically) Judy Adamski – Jenison, MI Stan Kurzban – Chappaqua, NY Charles J. Rohrmann, …
Winthrop House Next for Renewal
Winthrop will be the next undergraduate residence renovated as part of Harvard’s plan to renew the House system, Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Michael D. Smith announced on October 30. Winthrop is expected to close for 15 months, from Commencement …
The Untold Story of Watercolors
Watercolors are finally having their moment at Harvard Art Museums’ (HAM) new exhibition “American Watercolors, 1880-1990: Into the Light.” Composed of 100 paintings usually kept in storage, the exhibit “provides an opportunity for us to enjoy these …
Harvard’s “Treehouse” in Allston
Harvard announced on December 14 the creation of its first University-wide conference center, which will serve as a gateway to its planned enterprise research campus (ERC) on Western Avenue in Allston. The timber-framed venue will be named the David …
Lights! Camera! Action!
It’s now 104 years old, but after a three-stage, $5-million makeover, Harvard Stadium may be one of the nation’s best-equipped college football venues. First came synthetic turf, rolled out before the 2006 season. After the season came a removable …
Issue: November-December 2007